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TECHTALK: DLNA - DIGITALES HOME ENTERTAINMENT MADE EASY? | JANUARY, 12 2012 BERLIN

January 2nd, 2012

The central task of the DLNA is to control and further develop the DLNA standard, which is intended to ensure that different types of equipment from different manufacturers are mutually compatible. Jens Georg, developer at Openismus Berlin, explains in his lecture what exactly is behind the DLNA standard, what the UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) protocols stands for and why DLNA is still needed in spite of UPnP. The event begins at 7 pm....[ read on ]

How to develop a TYPO3 extension based on the Conference Call API

December 29th, 2011

By:Alexander Kraskov

The conference call API is the most complex API of the Developer Garden portfolio. There is a total of 20 REST methods. You can create telephone conferences with up to 15 people using the API. There are ad-hoc conferences that start immediately as well as planned conferences. During a conference, for example, participants can be added or removed.AJAX technology is required to develop a good conference call plug-in.

In the previous article on...[ read on ]

Cell phone localization using Cell IDs

December 27th, 2011

By:Lothar Schulz

Mobile positioning on smartphones currently uses a combination of at least three technologies: WiFi positioning, GPS positioning, Cell ID positioning using mobile network antenna masts. If any of you are currently working on – and maybe struggling with – the localization of mobile devices using Cell IDs as part of your current projects, the following overview contains plenty of links and may offer a helpful introduction to the subject as well as...[ read on ]

1. Geekli.st API Hackathon in Europa | Samstag, 17.12.2011 Berlin

December 16th, 2011

Am 17.12.2011 findet in Berlin der erste Geekli.st Hackathon in Europa statt. Die Idee dahinter: Ihr baut in weniger als 8 Stunden allein oder im Team Anwendungen auf der Basis einer oder mehrerer APIs. Für die "most awesome" Anwendung gibt es einen Amazon.de-Gutschein im Wert von 500 EUR. [ read on ]

How to: Develop Typo3 extensions with the Developer Garden Send SMS API

November 30th, 2011

By:Alexander Kraskov

TYPO3 is a flexible content management system for which there are numerous add-ons or “extensions.” Nearly all of the content users see in the back-end or front-end is provided using extensions.This article is a step-by-step guide for developing TYPO3 extensions with the Developer Garden Send SMS API.

1. Creating a basic extension

To create a “blank” extension, you can use the Kickstarter extension. The important settings in Kickstarter are...[ read on ]

Minecraft conquers the Developer Garden

November 17th, 2011

If you do not already know it - Minecraft is a very successful PC game of the independent Swedish development studio Mojang. But the beta-status is now over: On the MineCon in Las Vegas, the first Minecraft Convention, the release of version 1.0 of Minecraft is being celebrated. Daniel and Mathias from Developer Garden team congratulate with the current background image![ read on ]

TECHTALK: DEVOPS - EMINENTLY PRACTICAL | NOVEMBER, 24 2011 BERLIN

November 14th, 2011

Following our successful kick-off event at GPU Computing in October, the second Developer Garden TechTalk will take place in Berlin this month.

The topic of the talk is the DevOps movement, which has set itself the goal of bridging the gap between development and IT operations. Like last time, the event will be held at c-base, the Hackerspace in Berlin Mitte.[ read on ]

Freikarten: 2. Fokus Media Web Symposium | 10.-11. November Berlin

October 28th, 2011

Am 10. und 11. November 2011 ist es wieder so weit: Fraunhofer FOKUS lädt zum zweiten Mal zum FOKUS Media Web Symposium in die Hauptstadt ein. Zwei Tage lang tauschen sich internationale Experten in Tutorials, technischen Workshops und Vorträgen über (mobile) Apps, Hybrid TV und Social Media aus. Wie im letzten Jahr haben wir auch dieses Mal ein paar Freitickets im Wert von 500 EUR für euch! [ read on ]

NEW: Objective-C SDK 1.0 - Development for iOS5 made easy

October 17th, 2011

From now an the Developer Garden offers an Objective-C SDK that makes it even easier for you to incorporate our APIs in iOS-based apps. Of course, our SDK is fully iOS5-compatible. Use it in combination with Send SMS / Send MMS / Voice Call / Conference Call or AutoScout24.[ read on ]

Integrating SMS API in the Windows Sidebar

October 11th, 2011

By:Daniel Buchheim

This article presents the Send SMS Sidebar gadget and the integration of the Developer Garden Send SMS API in the Windows Sidebar using JavaScript.

Sidebar gadgets are popular mini-applications which are displayed in a bar on the Windows Desktop. Gadgets can perform useful tasks or display a variety of information (e.g., CPU usage or RSS feeds).

Windows Sidebar gadgets can be implemented in various script languages. JavaScript or VBScript are...[ read on ]